| 释义 |
outweep, v.|aʊtˈwiːp|
[out- 16, 18.]
1. trans. To weep out, to expel or emit by weeping. poetic.
1597Lyly Wom. in Moone iv. i, Sighing my breath, out⁓weeping my heart bloud. a1649Drummond of Hawthornden Poems Wks. (1711) 25/1 These eyes,..Their trait'rous black before Thee here out-weep. 1821Shelley Adonais x, With no stain She faded, like a cloud which had outwept its rain.
2. To outdo or surpass in weeping.
a1631Donne in Select. (1840) 133 To set Christ Jesus before him, to out-sigh him, out-weep him. 1632Massinger & Field Fatal Dowry ii. ii, You have outwept a woman, noble Charalois. 1767W. L. Lewis Statius' Thebaid vi. 44 The childless Mother raves, And far out-weeps her Lord. 1865Swinburne Atalanta 1866 Lo mine eyes That outweep heaven at rainiest. |